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rapier. : "- : -v> v- --' --av - :.. - x ' f > 1SS1 | kev. Dr. Talmage On The Only True Religion. ui/ccliicts ftc unman irini\t0ii11 i w w vn??. Manufacture Are Useless When | Measured by God's Plumb Line. Religions Made to Suit Conditions. From Trondhjem, Norway, where Dr. Talmage is now staying, he sends the following discourse, in which he > 13 snows mat tne woria oaa uevei uc ucu?fited by a religion of huiraa manufac '?-? . ture, which easily yields to one's surroundings, butmu9t have a religion let down from heaven; text, Amos vii, S: "And the Lord said unto me, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A plumb line." The solid masonry of the world has for me a fascination. Walk about some of the triumphal arches and the cathe drals 400 or 600 years old, and see them stand as erect as when they were built, walls of great height, for cen* --* ?J: 1 tunes DOS oeaumg a quat t ei iu an xuvu this way or that. So greatly honored were the masons who builded these walls that they were free from taxation and called ''free" masons. The trowel gets most of the credit for these buildings, and its clear riogiog on stone and brick has sounded across the ages. But ther? is another implement of just as jcuch importance as the trowel, and my text recognizes it. Bricklayers and stonemasons and carpenters, in the building ef walls, use an instrument made of a cord, at the end of which a lump of lead is fastened. They drop it over the side of the well, and, as the plummet naturally seeks the center of gravity in the earth, the workman discovers where the wall recedes and where it bulges out and just what is the per- j pendicular. Our text represents God as standing on the wall of character which the Israelites had built and in that way testing it "And the Lord, said unto me, Amos, what seest thou? And I s*id A plumb line." What the wurid wants is straight up and down religion. Much of the so called piety of the day bends this way and that to suit the times. It is oblique, with a low state of sentiment and morals. We have all been building a AkoiwrAfAr it- la ?IftPinOrllT ! ' ffAll VI UiUUdU^ij auu *u av imperfect and needs reconstruction. How shall it be brought into perpendicular? Only by the divine measurement. "And the Lord ?aid unto me, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A plumb line." The whole tendency of the times is to make us act by the standard of what others do. We throw over the wall of . our character the taagled plumb line of other lives and reject the infallible test which Amos saw. The question for * ' ' T me snouia not De wnac you. tains is right, but what God thinks is right. This perpetual reference tc the behavior of others, as though it decided anything but human fallibility, is a mistake wide as the world. There are 10,000 plumb lines in use, but only one is true and exact, and that is the line of God's eternal righv. There is a mighty attempt being made to reconstruct and fix up the Ten Commandments. To many they seem too rigid. The tower of Pisa leans over about 13 ^ feet from the perpendicul^^^oplej go thousands of iffi;^flsee its grace"t0 leara how, by and various architectural contrivances, it is kepi leaning from century to century. Why not have the ten granite blocks of Sinai set a little aslant? Why not have the pillar of truth a leaning tower? Why is not an ellipse as good as a sqaare? Why i is not an oblique as good as stright up ] and down? My friends,.we must have a standard. Shall it be God's or man's? The divine plumb line needs to be thrown overall merchandise. Thousands of years ago Solomon discovered the tendency of buyers to depreciate ^ goods. He sv* a man beating down an artiole lover aid lower and saying j it was not wr>rth the price asked, and ] when he had purchased at the lowest ] point he told fvrynoiy what ail sharp bargain he had mraek an! ; how he outwitted the mer/nan? i "It is naught, saith the buyer, Dur i when he is gone his way, then be boast- s eth" (Proverbs xx, 14). Society is so < utterly askew in this matter that you j seldom find a seller a3kiDg the price 1 that he expects to get; he puts on a ? higher value than he expects to receive, s that he will receive, knowing that he \ will have to drop. And if he wants ? $50, he asks $75 And if he wants t $2,000, he asks $2,500. "It is naught," ] saith the buyer. "The fabric is de- i fectivej the style of good3 is poor; I can j get elsewhere a better article afc a ( smaller price. It is out of fashion; it $ is damaged; it will fade; it will not wear i well." After awhile the merchant, ; from overpersuasion or from desire to i dispose of that particular stocfc of ( goods, says, "Well, take it at your own ] price," and the purchaser goes home i with light step and calls into hi3 pri vate office his confidential friends and . chuckles while he tells how for half price he got the goods. In other words, he lied and was proud of it. The pressure to do wrong is stronger from the fact that in our day the large business houses are swallowing up the smaller, the whales dining on bluefish t and minnows. The large houses undersell the small ones, because they 1 buy in greater quantities and at lower 1 figures from the producer. They can ( -XT J x xT-r anuru iu iLias.e irji^uxug, ui suelisujj* j * loss, on some styles of goods, assured I i they can make it up on others. So, j a great dry goods house goes outside 1 of its regular line and sells books ^ at cost or less than cost, and t\.t t swamps the booksellers; or the dry j goods house sells bric-a-brac at lowest j figures, and that swamps the small c dealer-in bric-a-brac. And the same j thing goes on in other styles of mer- t chandise, and the consequence is that ] all along the business streets of ail our n cities there are merchants of small cap- r " / . i , v i itai wno are in terrmo straggle 10 seep j their heads above water. The ooean < liners ran down the Newfoundland i fishing smacks. This is nothing against ( the man who has the big store, for j every man has as largo a store and as \ great a business as he cac manage. c m_ c i _:_u. 1 J ,11 _ jlu icei i:^ut auu uu ii^ui uuuci an > this pressure requires martyr grace, re- f quires divine support, requires celes- t tial re-enforcemsct. Yet there are t tens of thousands of suvb men get.'ing i splendidly through. They see others c going up and themselves going down, < bat tney Keep tneir patience ana tneir j j courage and their Ciristkii consistency j < and after awhile their success will j < come. There is generally retribution j ] in some- form for greediness. The c i.I. ir'tlZsfrGZ: "i>wri'?i >*.r.^^'' ~ttc <rTm*>* * owners of th* *>ig trasinese will die, sad their bojff will get possession of the business, and with a cigar ia their months, and full to the chin3 with the best liquor, and behicd a pair of spank~ + Vi/rvr nr?ll Tioca otrorTjf.VliTUT OT1 lug U4J3, nut; nii! ~ D the turnpike road to temporal and eternal perdition. Then the business will break up and the smaller dealers will have fair opportunity. Or the spirit of contentment and right feeling will take possession of the large firm, as recently with a famous business house, and the firm will say: ''We have enough money for all our needs and the needs of our children. Now let ua dissolve business and ma^e way for other men in the same line." Instead of being startled at a solitary instance of maznanimity, it will become a common thing. I know of scores of great business houses that have had their opportunity of vasP^ccumulation and who ought to quit. But perhaps for all tbe days of this generation the struggle of small houses to keep alive under the overshadowing pressure of great houses will continue; therefore, taking things as they are, you will be wise to preserve your faith and throw over 3II the counters and shelves and casks the measuring line of divine right. "And the Lord said unto me, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A plnmbline." I want you to notice this fact, that when a man gives up the straight up and down religion of the Bible for any ^ '-J ?:? ;a 11 <a tn sew iauk,ieu rcugivu, iv *3 w suit his sins You first hear of his change of religion, and theD you hear of some awicdle he has practiced ia a special mining stock, telling some one if he will put ia $10,000 he oan take oat $100,000; or*hena* sicrificed his integrity or plugged into irremediable worldliouss His sins are so braad he has to broaden his religion, and he becomes as broad as temptation, as broad % t 1 . _ t .11 as the soul s dar&ness, as Droaa as nen. They want a religion that will allow them to keep their sioa and then at death sav to them, "Well done, good and faithful servant," and that tells them, "All is well, for there is no hell." What a glorious heaven they hold before us! Come, let us go in and see it. There are H>rod and all the babes he massacred. There are Charles uruit-eau auu the French guillotine, and all the liars, thieves, house burners, garroters, pickpockets and libertines of all the centuries. T.aey have all got crowns and thrones and harps and scepters, and when they chant they sing, "Thanksgiving aud honor and glory and power to the broad religion that lets us all into heaven without repentance and without faith in those humiliating dogmas of ecclesiastical old fofryism." My test gives me a grand opportunity of saying a useful word to all youog inen who are now forming habits for a lifetime. Of what u3e to a stonemason or a bricklayer is a plumb line? Why not build the wall by the unaided eye and hand? Because they are insu3i cient, because if there be a deflection in the wall it cannot further on be corrected. Realise bv the law of gravitation a wall mast be straight in orde* to be 1 symmetiio3l aad safe. A young man is io dagger of getting a defect in his wall of character that may never be corrected. &3member that the wall may be 100 feet high, and yet a deflection one foot from the foundation affeoU the entire structure. And if you live 100 years and do right the last SU years you may nevertheless do something at 20 years of age that will damage all your earthly existence. All pou who h%vo built hou^a for yourselves or for others, am I not right in saying to these young, men, ^Q'JLcagffrtS^lH"a waTTso high as j to be independent of the character of its foundation? A man before 30 years annnorl) air> to lanf ft U1 LU.CX.J VUlUUilv w>w? w ? lifetime. Now, John or George or ^ Henry or whatever be your Christian Daine or surname, say here and now: ?iNo wild oafs for me, no cigcrs or cig aretts for me; no wise or beer for me, , no nasty stories for me, no Snnday sprees for me. I am soing to start right and keep right. Go'd help me, 1 for I am very we*k From the throne , of eternal riehreou?nesslet down to me ! the principles by which I can'be guid- , sd in buildiug everything from foundato capstone. Lord God, by the wound- , ed hand of Christ throw me a plumb line." "Bat," you say, "you shut us young 1 Polks out from all fun." Oh, no! I < [ike fan. I believe in fun. I have had ; !<>:s vf it in my time. Bat I have not 1 f'%d to go into paths of sin to find it 1 N*o credit; to me, bat because of an extraordinary parental example and in- j laence I was kept from outward trans- i iressions, though my heart was bad i jnough and desperately wicked. I have i lad fan illimitable, though I never ] (wore one or. Si and never gambled for ] so much as the value of a pin and never ;aw the inside of a haunt of sin save as \ vhen many years ago, with a commis- < ;ioner oi: policc and a detective and j wo elders of my church, I explored i Sew York and Brook!ju by midnight, ] jot out of curiosity, bat that I might in ] )ulpit discourse set before the people ] ;he poverty and the horrors of under- i """"ifl !if > Vot-. thmicrh T was t ^IVUUU ViVJ 44* S*. A VW) q ? ? ..WW . lever intoxicated for an instant and icver committed one act of dissolute- 1 less restrained only by the grace of 1 rod, without which restraint I would j lave gone headlong to the bottom of in- j ?amy?I have had so much fun that I j loD't believe there is a man on the < planet at the present time who ha3 had < nore. Hear it, men and boys, women j icd girls, all the fun is on the side of ight. Sin may seem attractive, but it < 1 ilf 1 _ -3 . il. .3 ceaimui ana use me iuaauuiucci, a j ;ree who3e dews are poisonous. The i >nly genuine happiness is in a Chris- w ;ian life. j Oh this piumb line of the everlasting < izht! God will throw it over all our i ives to show us our moral deflections. 1 5od will throw it over all churches to 1 ihow whether they are doing useful * vork or are instances of idleness and 1 jretense. He will throw that plumb ine over all nations to demonstrate 1 whether their laws are just or cruel, a ;heir rulsrs good or bad, tneir ambitions t loiy or infamous. He throw that jluaab line over tbe Spanish monarchy s >f other days, and what became of her? < Isk the splintered hulks of her over- i ihrown armada. He threw that plumb i ine over French imperialism, and wh?t i *as the result? Ask the ruios of the J ruilerieu and the fallen column of the J Place Ysndome and the grave trenches i )f Sedan, and the blood of revolutions 1 it different times rolling through the ? ^hamns Elvsees. He threw that i }!umb line over ancient Rome, and i vhat became of the realm of the an- s ;ient Cassars? Ask her war eagles, i ?ith beik dulled -ad wings broken, < lung helpless into the Tiber. He ;hrew it over the Assyrian empire of a ] honisnd years, the thrones of Semira- i nis and Sardanaplus and Shalmaneser, i >f 27 victorious expeditions, the cities < )f rboenieia kneeling to tne scepter i md all the world blanched in the pres nce. What became of all the grand- i ;ur? Ask the fallen palaces of Khorsa- i Dad and the corpses of ha: 185s000 sol- I liery slain by the angel or the Lord in i n-nA * n Cf?Tl1r!f*S^5a ! uiic w c*jJU vuw ovui|<mw4vw of the world's mujfeturfl, all that now remains of thai Bp-lender before which nations staggered and crouched. God is now throwing that plumb line over this republic, and it is a solemn time with this Dation, and whether we keep his Sabbaths or dishonor them, whether j righteousness or iniquity dominate, whether we are Christians or infidel, whether we fulfill our mission or refuse, whether we are for ttod or against mm, will decide whether we shall as a nation go on in higher and higher career or go down in the same grave where BabyloD and Nineveh and Thebes are sepnlchered. "Bat," say you, "if there be nothing but a plamb line what can any of us do, for there is an old proverb which truth fully declares: 'If the best man's faults were written on his forehead, it would make him pull his hat over his eyes' What shall we do when, accord ing to Isaiah, 'God.shall lay judgment to the line and righteousness the plummet?' " Ab, here i3 where the gospel coihes in with a Saviour's righteousness to make up for our deficits. And while I see hanging on the wall a plumb line, I see also hanging there a cross. And while the one condemns us the other savba us, if only we will hold to it. And here and now you may be set free with a more glorious liberty than Hampden or Sidney or Kosciusko ever fought for. Not out yonder or down there or up here, but just where you are you may get it. The invalid proprietress of a wealthy estate in Scotland visited the continent of Earope to get rid of her maladies, and she went to Baden Baden and tried those waters aod went to Carlsbad and tried those waters, and instead of getting better she got worse, and io despair she said to a phyticiao, "What shall I do?" His reply was ''Mediciae * * a xr 1 can do notbing lor you. iou nave only one chance and that i3 in the waters of the Pit Keathly, Scotland." "Is it possible?" she replied. ''Why. those waters are on my own estate!" She returned and draDk of the fountain *t her own gate and in two months completely recovered. Oh, sick and diseased and sinniog and dying, why go trudging all the world over and seeking here and there relief for your discouraged spirit when clo3e by and at your very feet and at the door of your heart, aye, within the very estate of your own consciousness, the healing waters of eternal life may be had and had this very hour, this very minute? Blessed be God that over against the plumb line that Amos saw is the cross, through the emancipating power of which you and I may live and live forever! The Cotton and Corn Crop. The first week of August has given favorable weather to the growing cotton crop and reports from the entire belt are more favorable than heretofore. but as an offset to the favorable eonditions, the reports ateo indicate that there is much rust and shedding, J UaII mAATrila k'Nl 1 Trr/\*?rv>?j o nrl ttUU mat UUll ngtnjo, lvxi n viuu ?uu web worms are doing considerable damage west of the Mississippi where otherwise the orop is very promising. 1 In the gulf States the average condition continues very low and many fields are so foul that their yield will be practi- : cally nothing. In Florida it is too wet, and in the other Atlantio States too dry 1 for the best development of the crop. Early cotton is opening freely, but 1 n Am in re a nara 1 at* fivnnnf 1 id uvu v4 awvatv vavv|/v iq southwestern Texas, where consider- j able progress has been madf. The extreme heat of the last few days has J been very deterimental to cotton ia_th?-, J Atlantic States. j ( la Xor.h Carolina^ cotton made favor- t ^^S~|5rogfesr"3uring the week; it is < quite generally reported to be fruiting I well, although the weed is small; some 1 early bolls are opening in Sootland J county; complaint of rust and shed- 1 ding are comparatively few. Ia South Carolina there was a gen- f aral improvement in the condition of 1 cotton, especially ia the eastern and 1 western counntie3, although rust and J gheddingare increasing, and sea island * continues to blight. Growth has 3 stopped in some fields, and the plants ? ire blooming to the top, while other J fields continue to grow and fruit freely, i Uotton is opening quite generally in the c astern counties, although picking has * not begun. In Greorgia cotton has taken a decided 1 start, but its general condition is still I below the average and considerable c jompiiint of rust, shedding of forms a iad premature opening is made. In a t rery few counties a little cotton has I been picked. * In Florida precipitation has been too Frequent and at many stations exces- * jive, resultiug in continued unfavor- 1 *ble conditions to cotton. The crop is ' still suffering from rust, and picking c bas increased on uplands.. The pros- ' pects are far from satisfactory. r In Alabama cotton has improved ' Jteadily, and is now, as a whole, quite 8 slean; it is fruiting rapidly, with some a full grown bolls, and some is opening: I it is being laid by and the oudook id low more promising, though, owinsr to 1 previous unfavorable conditions, much ^ ess than an average yield will I e I nade. Some little rust and shedding c ire reported. r In Mississippi the latter part of the fc week was clear and hot, a condition ?ery favoraDie tor cotton wnicn is v growing rapidly and is generally much 1 mproved, especially on uplands where a t has been well worked. Some fields a )n bottom lands have been abandoaed * ;o the weeds. Ic the middle counties ^ t is being worked out for the la9t time. ? In Louisiana the cotton crop is in a >sondition below the normal. The rs- ? sorts concerning it are unfavorable in c some respect in almost every section. A.s a rule, the fields are more or less t ioul with grass. On low lands it has s iuSered and is still suffering from too tj nuch rain, and on hill lands it ha3 t nade too rapid growth, is delicient in t 'rait and is shedding. Boil worms n md caterpillars are also reported to o aave made their appearance in places. t In Tennessee corn that has been even v "airly well cultivated is much improved t md is developing well. This is also t 1 ? J ;rue of cotton, especany upiana crop. i In Texas it is a consensus of opinion r imong most of the correspondents that g jotton is taking on a too rapid growth t ind not fruiting as well as it should, ( il though some leport that the plant is g "raiting nicely and is very promising, fc' Much cotton has been worked out for r ;he last time, while some late cation .8 jast being worked for the first time, fc pvhich indicates a very irregular crop, t some of which is very la^. Some c ields are reported grassy. The crop i is suffering for want of dry weather t ind more sunshine. Cotton pests are a reported very numerous and are doing 1 iamage in many localities. I ^ -'"s i-> lifta f in ^utiuuj VTxxiv>u. ui.uu ?. properly cultivated, is doing nicely, but r in many localities it is beginning -to a leed rain and in some sections has a jooimenced to shed. Some damage is t jeing done by sharpshooters and rust, f In Oklahoma and Missouri cotton is \ In fine condition and is boiling and ( fruiting well. The only advance condi- t ;ion is that boll worms have made their t ippearance. r "7 GOOD SPEECH | On the One Great Nsed of South Carolina BY MR W D. MAYFIELD, Who Is a Candidate for Railroad Commissioner. He Gives Us Food for Thought The following speech of the Hon. W. D. Mayfield, who is a candidate for railroad commissioner, on the freight rate in South Carolina is well worth reading: The Bailroad Commission is composed of three members who are now elected by the people. There cannot be less, but may be more than three members. Each member of this commission holds his office for six years. As now arranged, one member has to be elected every two years. There is now one vacancy on this board and you have seven candidates before you ask ing you for your support for this office. Two years ago there was one vacancy and you had before you eight candidates for it, and the man you elected then went in for six years. The man you elect now will hold for six years. I* Art f U V?A? -LVYU yxzciJLO ucuwc UUCIC nia uc ouu^ugi vacancy and the man elected will hold for six years, unless the law is changed. The salary of each member of the commission is $1,909 per annum and is paid by the railroads-. The people elect the commissioners, one every two years, bat the railroads pay their salaries, furnish them with an office, their stationary, stamps. fuel and lights, pay their clerk, and dive the members aad the clcrk a pass over all roads, to be used when oa official business. This is wrong. The Scate should have a free and independent board to look after its interest. The,law should be changed; the salaries should be paid by the State; the term of office should be made two years, and these officers, like ail other State officers, should be made to come before the people every two years and give an account of their stewardship. I sound the cote of wirnicg and urge the people to make it an issue in the county campaign and to demand of the candidates for the house and senate to change this law. When this is done, yoa will have a board free and independent of all obligations to the railroads to look after the interests of tae people of the State. The cry goes up from every quarter demanding protea tion from trusts and corporations. The corporate railroad interest in this State is already immense and it is high time the people were protected against un lawful encroachments upon their rights. It will be too late to look the stable door when the horse is gone. ''No man can serve two masters; for either he will love the one and hate the other; or else he will hold to the one and despise the other." Under the laws of this State the Railroad Commission have full control of the railroads in this State, subieot to the right of appeal to the courts. Notwithstanding this fact, what are the condition of affairs in this State? Why, sre have the highest freight rate of any State in the South, exccpt Florida. This is not right. Thers is no good reason why South Carolina should not h&ye._as good freight rates a?-^orth DaroHna~io"(f""(?eorgia. Until we get i j ? ,ne Desi 01 rates auuweu <ju oil uuiujultural, agricultural and manufactured )roducts and all commercial articles cannot hope to compete succsssfuly with the people of other more fortu late States. We have a variety and great quantiy of splendid timber in this State but t cannot be manufactured into furniure, vehicles and farming and mechi:al implements and placed on the mari ket oecause your ncjguu iaic mu uu? tllovf equal competition with other states. North Carolina even can sell 'our merchants cheaper than a factory n your State could sell them becaase >f the highness of the local ratci in his State. Is this right? Great quantities of tobacco is now >eing grown in this State and we should >e able to manufacture it here, but we :annot compete with North Carolina ,nd Virginia in freight rates and a to>acco factory in this State ffould likely >rove a poor investment, if not a failire. Is this right? Oar soil is well adapted to track armiag and fruit growing *nd to a imited extent our people have entered bese fields; but these industries must 1 f necessity remain small comparativey so long as other States have better i ates than we have. Cars are loaded eith truck and fruit in Georgia and : hipped north, through South Carolina, X a less rate than our people have to Ta fhis riiht? 6or people are now growing wheat | n certain 3ec*ions and flour mills are >-?ing L ailt, but these mills cannot com>ete with mills in Georgia in selling to , iur o*d merchants because of the high- 1 icss t.f our local rates on flour. Is hi* li^lu? Oar cotton mills should be able to i ?uy the cotton raised in this State and 1 a 7 it down as cheap as they can buy ' ,nd ship cotton from Georgia, Alabama ,nd Mississippi, but the local rites in his State are such that they cannot iuy in certain sections of the Scate and hey are forced to go outside of the State for a large part of the cotton th?y leed over that raised in the mill sccion. Is this right? Our manufacturing interests should >e diversified a? much as possible. We hnnld not limit ourselves to the man ifacturing of cotton. "We have taken he lead in the manufacturing of coton. If we are to hold our lead our aills must be able to buy our cotton, r in futuie new mills wii.' go where bey can get cotton cheapest. Just as re took the lead in manufacturing cot- ] on so will some southern state take he lead in knittiDg mills, furniture ' actories, broom factories, soap facto- i ies, buggy and wagon factories, rope, ;lass and shoe factories, &o. "Wby not 1 Ji?o cf**a hetfio lpa^Ar in all of these Certain it is she cannot unless she be ;iven the best of freight ra'es. O.her Itates secure good rites and why caniot thi-? Su-e get them? 1 Wholesale houses of all kinds should 1 ?e encouraged in this State by giving ! hem rates which will enable them to ompete with wholesale houses located : n other southern states. It is a well ' :nown fact that our wholesale houses ,re not on an equal footing with houses ocated in Augusta, Atlanta, Savannah, 1 T ttt%knrrr on/3 Wilminff- I VLUi-L LUUJUUk, i_L V JLh k/ 1* I MUV*. T T on. This is not right and itshonld be egulated. Charleston, Port Royal ,nd Georgetown should be made import ,nd export cities instead of being "botled up" by rates which prevent them rom competing for the trade with Sa- : annah, Wilmington and Norfolk, and : ]olambia and the other inland cities of ' A Wrtll ??Art ^ fa/iiK. ue oiaie wiiiuix uayc tuc laiuvau ies to entitle them to it should be given ates whiohwill put them on a footing > TI' <wi:***a?aiiv'. /"^T , i ^ r^"CrV? ir<T~^0^^?ii~r.'lwi ., mrg ifrith th? l^lgod tihoksals bitiei of oth? i1 State3. . IThbt. this is done; our merchants will tfadS with the wholesalers of our state and large wholesale businesses will be seen in several sections of the State. Bat until a rate is obtained we must continue to wait and | straggle against odds in the wholesale ! business, and allow wholesale houses | outside cfjour State to enjoy the benefits of the trade of our merchants and to sap the State of that part of her wealth which should he centeralized in large wholesale houses located in this State. Give South Carolina a chance to develope materially and commercially. Open up her doors to greater development and more extensive prosperity by giving her a freight rate which will command capital and encourage her people to renewed and greater efforts. The wealth of the State rests ia the richness and variety of her soil, the abundance and variety of h?r timber, tbe magnifioence of her water power and the salubriety of her climate. Her soil is capable of untold development and is suited to eveiy variety of crop and the yield is measured by the cultivation; she needs only the purse of the capital ist and the hand ot skill to make her blossom as the rose and yield a rich return to labor. From her timber oan be made the best of vehicles, furniture and wooden implements and she awaits the coming of the manufacturer. Her water yet unused is sufficient to turn half the spindles in the United States, or more, and daily runs undisturbed for the lack of development. Give her rates which allow her grown and manufactured produots to be marketed, and her wholesale merchants to compete, on terms equal to the terms of any state and a prosperity unknown to our y i . t 11 _ < people win crown ner wun a wreatn or silver and gold; her cotton mills will multiply and the click of the loom and the hum of the spindle will be heard in every section; numerous maaufacturies of every kind will spring up as if by magic ts convert her timber and the products of her soil into useful and profitable articles of trade; the unemployed will be given employment and new citizens become his neighbor; in every way material wealth will be added to the State and plenty, peace and contentment vill be the portion of our people. Low Bates to Chicago and ReturnOn account of the National Encampment, Gr. A. R., Chicago, 111, August 27 fch?September 1st, 1900, the Southern Railway will sell round trip tickets from all stations on its lines to Chicago, 111., and return at especially reduced rates. The following rates will apply from points named in South Carolina: Abbeville, $22 20; Anderson, $21.05; Blacksburg, $21 10; Camden, $25 75; Carlisle, $22 20; Charleston, $26 25: Chester. $22 95: Columbia. $24 75; Denmark, $24 75; Greenville, $20 20; Greenwood, $22.20; Mewberry, $23.35; Orangeburg, $26 25; Prosperity, $23 55; Kock Hill, $22 55; Spartanburg, $20 20; Sumter, $26 05 By deposit of tickets with Joint Agent of Central Passenger Association, at Chicago, prior to 12 00 noon, September 2nd, 1900, and on payment of fee of fifty (50) cents in connection with each ticket at time of deposit, the return finai limit may be extended until September 20:h, 1900. Persons located at non-coupon stations should notify agent several days in advance of date X A 1 . 1 f iney contemplate leaving, in oraer mat h? msy-supply IfaTS^V-^with proper tickets. For detailed iaforicHiou relative to rates, Fchedules. reservation?, etc., call on or address any agent of^he Southern Railway or its connections. \ S. H. Hard wick. Y A. G. P. A., Atlanta, G-a. . Etfusa to Leave. The French Minister at Pekin telegraphs his government as follows: "The diplmatic corps has just been informed by the Chiaese government that the *\?tr?ra Tiotra 1 e rtnr yyj r?v*? W~? departure from Pekin under escort asd beg us to arrange our departure and fix a date. We have in responded to the tsungli yamen'that we could not leave our poats without instructions from our governments, to whom we leave the question. I should inform Jyour that should we depart from Pekin the foreigh forces coming to our rescue should be of sufficient number to insure the safety and convoy of 800 foreigners, of whom 200 are women and children, and fifty wounded, and more than 3,000 native Christians whom we cannotleave to be massacred. In any case a Chinese escort should not be considered. Bryan Would Free Filipinos. In his speech accepting the Democratic nomination for president, W. J. Bryan said: '"If elected president, I stall convene congress in extraordinary session as soon as I'm inaugurated, and recommend an immediate declaration of the nation's purpose, "First, To establish a stable form of government in the Philippine islands, just as we are^ now establishing a stable form of govern ment in the island of Cuba; Second, To eive independence to the Filipinos, just as we promised to give independence to the Cubans; Third, to proteot the Filipinos from outside interference while they work out their destiny, just as we have proteoted the republics of Central and South Americi, and are, by fcha Monroe doctrine pledged to protect Cuba " Killed Three Thousand fI Rn jfiionc txtViA fitrlif. ing around Tasi Chow, are reported, according to a dispatch from Shanghai, dated Aug. 9," to have killed 3,000 Chinese. Good for Swifc. S*ift & Co., the great meat-packers cf Chicago, have issued an order that no cigarette smoker is to be employed by their company. Let the good work go on. Jumped to His Death A dispatch from Columbus, Ohio, gays a stranger, thought to be Frank Ronick from Virginia. Jumped from the state house dome Thursday afternoon and was killed. State of Ohio- City of Toledo, ( Lucas County. yss* Frank J. Cheney makes oath that be is me senior partner of the firm of F. J. Cheney <fe Co , doing business in the City of Toledo, County and State ^foresaid, and that said firm will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLL A.RS for each and every case of Ca- ( rabrh that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. FRANK J. CHENEY. ; Sworn to before me and subscribed i in my my presence, tnis 6:h day of Be oember, A. JL>. IbbU. A. W. GLEASON, | seal > Notary Pabiic. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken interDally, and acts dircctly on the blood and mncoTig atirfaces of the svstem. Send for testimonials, free. F. J. CHENEY &CO., Toledo, Ohio. Sold by Druggists, 75 3. Hall's Family Pills are the best. L - * ' gSS "' fo' *1 THE B Grove'sr The formula i know just what yo do not advertise th< their medicine if y< J i /-\ * Iron ana quinine pi form. The Iron malaria out of the Grove's is the Ori Chill Tonics are in that Grove's is si are not experiment and excellence ha only Chill Cure sc the United States. Missionaries Should Stand Alone. An Italian missionary who Vioc -in fJT-iina -fr?r manv j_ic?o 'Tuiaw J.U. Wiiuuw iv* years has advanced an opinion concerning the res: ,nsibility of the missionaries for the antiforeign outbreaks, which has attracted much attention and is undoubtedly the correct view. Being asked whether the missionaries were to blame for the present trouble he replied. 'They are in a certain way responsible, but very indirectly. , - 1 _ ?r mere was a lime in wnicn iney were hel^ in great consideration ?esteemed and almost, loved by every Chinese. For instance, in Pekin itself a monument was raised in a public square to a missionery, Father Matteo Ricci, who was called by the natives Great ?One of China. At that time the missionaries had not behind them the protection of the powers. The knot of the question is that the missionaries should not be protected. They should remain, really men of sacrifice. With protection they lose this attribute, because be fore they died as martyrs, and now because they are Europeans. The protection of the powers consists in this, that the affronts to missionaries serve to their governments as pretexts to put a foot into China. For instance, after the incident of A r?rrAT? on miiT*-. I jiivuoigiivi auu vj-iv/ uiuider of three missionaries, Germany stepped into Chefoo. An so naturally, the Chinese hate the missionaries, as they now reason that they are not religious teachers, but spies with the . mission to prepare .the ground for the coming of the 'foreign 1 ^devils.' It is my opinion that ! osqly the patient, slow and peaceful, work of the missionaries, abaWloned absolutely to themselves^. can bring forth that immense \3and from barbarism. But now\aii is undone, or worse, and mu&? be begun again in more disbouraging circumstances. " V&e agree with the Charleston Pos^ that this state- < ment appears incontrovertible. | The missionary imust plant his faith into the hearts of men by persuasion and note by bullets. If reason or prejudice causes 1 them to reject his teaching, guns and lances are no^ going i to bring them to accept ex- | cept in form. Creeds are not to be spread by the sword bufc by precept and example. The missionary to be truly successful I must depend on himself onlyl He must have no political con-1) nection. He must represent no; nationality nor trust to any hu- j man power. His world is re- \ ligion and his stay is God. The Gold Democrats. \ The Boston Post savs: "The gold Democrats will be found i for the most part in support of Bryan and Stevenson at the . cominsr election. It is realized ' that the nation is confronted by j immediate and vital issuses that practically sweep from consideration the financial question. The Atlanta Journal says 4'this is undoubtedly true. The gold Democrats are coming to the support of the Democratic ticket more fully every day. The sentiment of the great majority of tnose JL'emocrats who suppui teu > Palmer, who did not \ote at all, or who voted for McKinley in 1896 was represented by the national committee of the goldwing of the Democratic party when it resolved not to put out a ticket ] this year. A few newspapers j which took part in the bolt four t years ago are holding back and j sulking again, but the Democratic press, like the Democratic J masses, is more harmonious than J it. has been since 1892. If the J Republicans are counting on j Democratic dissension as an ef- ] fective factor in this campaign, ] they are reckoning without their ] host." We believe the Journal's ] estimate of the situation is about ( correct. Over here in South , Carolina all the gold Democrats : with a few insignificent exceptions are supporting Bryan and t Stevenson. Sir Willam Vernon Harcourt now estimates that the cost of the war in South Africa will not be far from $400,000,000 in cash, to say nothing of the thousands of British lives. It will take John Bull a long time to get that sum back out of South Africa, notwithstanding the richness of the gold and diamond mines in that section. ' ft si - ^ ^ ^ Jest rastelessCh s plainly printed on every u are taking when you take eir formula knowing that y du knew what it contained, it up in correct proportions j acts as a tonic while the system. Any reliable druggis 'gsnai and that all other litations. An analysis of oth oil r*rlii?rc in f I v_/ aii v ?*V. V ? :ing when you take Grov Lving long been establish* >ld throughout the entire No Cure, No Pay. Pric< A Cruel MonsterM. H. Kuhn, formerly of Riehmend, Va , was held without bail Thursday at Philadelphia on the charge of throwing his wife out of a window of their home i? *Vio /litir An Anvil 95; TWVa (CnKn AU WIO VAVJT VU i-4. y* A i ?Vj ummm died on Monday night at the home of her mother, MrS. S. D HaII, in Richmond, from the injaries received from her fall. The conple had been quarreling and it is charged that Kuhn threw his wife out of a window and then leaped ont himself. Both were removed to a hospital Mrs. Kahn was later taken to Eiohmond and the husband, after recovering from his injuries, was released on nominal bail. He has been rearrested. Gainesville, Ga., Deo. 8, 1899 Pitts' Antiseptic JLnvigorator fcs? been used in my family and I am perfectly satisfied that it is all, and will do all, yoti claim for it. Yours truly, A. B. C. Dorsey. P. S.?I am using it now myself, j It's doing me good.?Sold by The Mur ray Drug Co., Columbia. S. C., and all drueeista THE LEiOFR KB. i The New Ball Bearing Domestic Sewing Machine It Leads in Workmanship, Beauty, Capacity, Strength, Light Running. Every W?man Wants One. Attachments* Needles and Parts for Sewing Machines of all makes. When ordering needles send sample. Price 27c per dozen, postpaid. Agsnts Wanted b Unocoupieti Territory. J. L. SH'GLL, 1219 Taylor Street, COLUMBIA, S. C. Allllia All fi MA HAGIilRtnT M IPPyRTENANQES. Sinning Systems Equipped With Tlie Hurray Oleming and Distributing System. Dawm* Pmninnxonfc I vni/A u^?u|>tuvuiu Saw Mill Machinery Farm and ill Machinery \ IN GENERAL. > 3. G. Agents for Steele's New South Brick Machinery. 5Vrit? ns for prices on any thing in our line. W. H. fiibbes & Co., 304 Gervais Street, \ COLUMBIA, S. C. ^STATf * TRADE MA?t; nr* -73T" OLD NORTH STATE OJLNT MENT, the Great Antiseptic Sealer, cures Piles, Eczema, Sore Eyes, Giannlated Eyelids, Carbuncles, Boils. Cuts, Bruis3s, Old Sores, Bums, Corns, Bnnions, Ingrowing Toenails, [nflammatory Rheumatism, iches and Pains, Chapped Sands and Lips, Erysipelas, [t is/ something everybody leeds. Once used always used. [K~_ ~ .Ti J :?i-_ J cui B<ue uj an u.i ug^iaxa zuiu lealers. At wholesale by rHE MURRAY DRUG CO., Columbia, S. C. m 18 LOAN On improved real estate interest eigat per cent, payable semi-annually. Time 3 to 5 years. No commissions cliarged E. K. Palmer, OZNTRAL NATIONAL BANK BUILDING, 205 rlaia St., Columbia, S .C | ?> ' .v: '.v/.;, i<h Id hi I e*r p I "Sr Jsi /Oilftf r ./ ill Tonic. bottle?hence you Grove's. Imitators ou would not buy IB Grove's contains md is in a Tasteless Quinine drives the st will tell you that -|1 so-called Tasteless er chill tonics, shows , ':'?M very respect. You re's?its superiority id. Grove's is the malarial sections of Near Union Depot. Having formed a connection The ELLIOTT 6IR1IEP4IIV6RKS 1 I am now prepared to repair ?|1 and rebnild cotton gins as thoroughly as the vari- ; ;Wt ous manufacturers. This branch of the business 1 be under the-personal supervision of MB. W. J. ELLIOTT, ; ||| who has had fourteen years of riraof.iMl aTTwHAnAA in iiig the Elliot Gin, and who is well known to most , gin users in this State. Now is the Time ! Bring- Your Gins Before Tou Need Them! COMPLETE GINNING SYSTEMS, EQUIPPED ^ WITH THE MOST PERFECT PNEUMATIC " ELEVATING AND DISTRIBUTING 8T8- $0 TEMS ON THE MARKET. SIYTYEIGHT COMPLETE OUTFITS IN USE IN THIS STATE, AND EVERY ONE OF THEM GIYING ABSOLUTE SATIS- ' FACTION. :mS Highes Grade Engines, Boilers, mm c M;i1? Htllo Dnintr oatt mmi) vuru nutiJi wuva " "'SS&hS Machines, Wood Working1 ||p Machinery, Saws, Pulleys, etc jig We offer: Quick delivery, low price* ^?Hk and reasonable terms. ||H V.C. B ADR AM, f? 1326 Main St., Colombia, S. C. :*4j flrtman Pave i Wl tlllMII UJ V j the EXpress J Steam Dyeing of every description. Steam, tha, French Dry add V chemical cleansing. Sena for oar new price list and circular. All work guar an teed or no .charge. if flrta's Steal Bye Kirks m 1310 Main Street Coltocbia, 8. C A. L. Ortman, Proprietor. Murray's U Aromatic Mouth Wash - M Whitens the Teeth f|? Cleanses the Month Sweetens the Breath - jjjjj 1XIC Jlj Murray i1 Drug Co., 1 [COLUMBIA, S. C. ||| Dissolution. Th. firm of Jno 8. Ueyaoidd & Co., Print x en or ueauy rants to Newspapers, -V was dissolved by mutual consent on July 1, '-M 1900. JNO. S. REYNOLDS, J AS. L. SIM 3. Hi vine purchased the interest of Mr. Jno. 8. Reynold a in the above fcasinesr I will continue the same on mr own account at Orangeburg, S, C., aad hope by ilriet atten* -jllai tion to business to merit a continuance of the patironage heretofore bestowed on the old ' 4Wk firm. J A3- L. SIMS. Having trans/errei to Mr. Jaj. L.Sims my interest in the business of J no. S Bejnolds & Co., I take pleasure in isking for him a continuance of the patronage hitherto given tne nan. j N'i. a. aux NULUd. Columbia. 8. C.. Jaly 1.1900 PITTS' : :'^jBj ANTISEPTIC INVieORAIOR 1 J? Cares La Grpps, dyspepsia, indigestion and all ctomaoh and bowel troubles colio or * ' -31 cholera morbus, teething troubles with 1 children, kidney troubles, bad blood Mid all sorts of soras, risings or felons, outs and burns. It is aa good antiseptic, when locrJly applied, aa anything on the market. *&2fl Try it and yon will praise it to otku*. If your druggist doeen't keep it, write to THE MURRAY DRUG CO., Columbia. 8- C Jbo. S. Reynolds, m Attorney at Law, "B COLUMBIA, S A ? Jb'or bale. One Direct Current Electric Fan,: aft Tolta. For terms apply to Secretary " Orangeburg Club, P. 0. Box 255, Orange- fp| burg, 8. C.